volcano

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a fissure in the crust of a planet or moon through which molten lava and gases erupt

   I like to take pictures of lava near volcanos.

2. 2
   noun

   a mountain formed by volcanic material

   I climbed an active volcano while I was on vacation.

3. 3
   noun

   A vent or fissure on the surface of a planet (usually in a mountainous form) with a magma chamber attached to the mantle of a planet or moon, periodically erupting forth lava and volcanic gases onto the surface.

   Iceland's volcanoes are among the most active on Earth.

4. 4
   verb

   to erupt; to burst forth

   She shrank back, the words volcanoed, words that stabbed again, and yet again

5. 5
   noun

   A kind of firework producing an upward plume of sparks.

6. 6
   name

   A census-designated place in Amador County, California, United States.

Etymology

From Italian vulcano, from Vulcano (“a small volcanic island in the Tyrrhenian Sea”), from Latin Vulcānus (“Vulcan, the Roman god of fire and metalworking”). Doublet of bolcane and Vulcan.